President Barack Obama took the opportunity to respond to Donald Trump's "$5 million challenge" on Wednesday night during his visit to late night show, "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.
The president, who made his fifth appearance on the show, spoke on a variety of topics including the MLB World Series, Indiana Senatorial candidate Robert Mourdock's rape comment, Afghanistan and the economy, Entertainment Weekly reported.
On Wednesday, real estate mogul Donald Trump made a "big announcement" via YouTube offering Obama $5 million to the charity of his choice if he revealed his college transcripts and passport records. Trump, a supporter and promoter of the birther movement, has attempted to prove Obama was born in Kenya and cannot legitimately hold the office of president.
Obama released his long-form birth certificate in 2011 after relentless pressure from the birther movement. During Wednesday night's show, he addressed the feud with the 66-year-old mogul, who he admitted he has never personally met.
When asked where and when the animosity between the two began, the president joked that it, "dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya. We had constant run-ins on the soccer field. He wasn't very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over."
Moving on to a more serious topic, Obama addressed the recent comments by Republican Senatorial candidate Robert Mourdock, who said that conception from rape was "something that God intended to happen."
"Let me make a very simple proposition: Rape is rape. It is a crime. And so these various distinctions about rape don't make too much sense to me, don't make any sense to me," the president said. "This is exactly why you don't want a bunch of politicians-mostly male-making decisions about women's health care decisions."
President Obama has less than two weeks to make his case with undecided voters for his re-election bid. Recent election polls show a very tight race between Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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